A small bowel volvulus caused by a mesenteric lipoma: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 617-619

  Sheen, Aali J ^a,b   Drake, Ian ^a   George, Pynadath P ^a  

^a LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intestinal obstruction; Mesenteric lipoma; Volvulus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON VOLVULUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; LIPOMA; MALE; MESENTERIC LIPOMA; MESENTERY TUMOR; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; LIPOMA; MALE; MESENTERY; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042703476     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-003-2533-3     Document Type: Article

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